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FRAPA’s management board appointed two new general board members: Hayley Babcock, head of Formats, International Programming and Production at A+E Networks; Jin Woo Hwang, general manager and head of (…)

Series Mania will be moving to Lille, France, for its next edition. The previous Co-production Forum has now changed to be the European Project and Talent Forum, held at the (…)

Banijay Group appointed Frédéric Balmary as chief operating officer of Banijay Studios International. Balmary previously served as Banijay Group’s deputy CFO. In his new role, Balmary will oversee business development (…)

EstrellaTV will broadcast the Spanish-language transmission of the 2017 Miss World competition on November 18. This year, Miss World takes place on the island of Bali. There are 130 contestants (…)

FilmRise will be releasing Heartworn Highways Revisited on November 28, 2017. The sequel to Heartworn Highways will be available on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as for sale and rental on Amazon Video, iTunes (…)

Global Agency secured a number of deals with international broadcasters for its cooking format My Wife Rules. SBT acquired the format for Brazil, while Mediacorp picked it up for Algeria. In (…)

All3media International and the Asia TV Forum named the industry professionals who will serve on the judging panel for the 2017 ATF Formats Pitch. The format pitching competition takes place during (…)

CBS Corporation finalized its acquisition of Network Ten in Australia. The major commercial broadcast network adds its global content and distribution portfolios to CBS, including the linear channel TEN, the (…)

Eutelsat Communications named Gerry O’Sullivan as executive vice president, Global TV and Video. As an international media executive with experience in commercial, marketing and technical strategies, O’Sullivan has served broadcasters (…)

A+E Networks secured the sale of four factual programs acquired by FTA broadcaster TV Azteca in Mexico. Hoarders offers an inside look into the homes of individuals who compulsively collect objects. My Ghost Story presents (…)